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What's HOT the week of March 15, 2022

Day after Daylight Savings

by Margaret Hasse

Blue numbers on my bedside clock

tell I forgot to change the hour.

This sets routines on haywire.

Like a domestic goat staked

to its circle of earth.

I don’t do well untethered.

I have no hunger for early dinner,

become confused by the sound

of children who seem out

too late for a school night.

They’ve found an extra helping

of daylight to romp on new grass

and can’t contain themselves,

strip off jackets, scatter

like a rag of ponies.

Whatever time says,

their joy insists

on springing forward.

New In This Week's Dragon's Fire

• CSCA General Meeting with a Discussion on Teen Mental Health
• Please Keep Masking through Apr 3
• New Items on the Bulletin Board

Join Our General Meeting to Discussion How to Support Youth Mental Health

Please join us at 6:30 pm on Thu, Mar 17 for a virtual CSCA General Meeting with Dr Casey as our opening speaker and our guest presenter, Geoffrey Thomas, MS, LMHC, Therapist at Southeast Youth & Family Services. Geoffrey Thomas will share strategies for how we can support our young people’s mental health and answer our questions in the 7–8 pm portion of our discussion. Look for an invitation with the link in your inbox this Tue.

Can You Help with Our Spring Fundraising Auction?

Plans are moving forward for a virtual auction in late Apr. This annual event raises funds for TCS programs like Model United Nations, the theater program and mini-grants. Auction co-chairs, Lina and Paul, are looking for additional volunteers to help procure auction items, build the auction website, and even be an auctioneer. If you’re ready, willing and able, email linarosetrujillo@gmail.com or paulchiocco@gmail.com. Be on the lookout for more details on the event soon!

Please Keep Masking Through Apr 3

Although the SPS mask mandate ends Mar 14, masks are still required in the Armory building and TCS until Apr 3. Please ask your students to continue masking for another few weeks until masks become optional.

Running Start Information Sessions

Running Start is a dual credit academic program for 11th and 12th grade high school students. Running Start students and their families do not pay tuition for Running Start courses, but they may need to pay college fees and buy their books, as well as provide their transportation. Students receive both high school and college credit for these classes which can accelerate their progress through completing specific credit requirements for high school graduation and course requirements for a technical certification or Associate’s Degree.

Running start is a good option for students who want an extra challenge or to work at an accelerated pace, or who want more course options.

The Center School will provide 2 introductory Running Start sessions:

11th Grade Session:

Thu, Mar 31, 2022

3-3:45 pm

Room 365 (Ms. Carroll)

10th Grade Session:

Fri, April 1, 2022

3-3:45 pm

Room 460 (Mr. Colin)

Students who want to attend should check in with their MASH teacher and then go to the workshop.

Please visit The Center School website for more information on Running Start.

If you would like a parent or student perspective on Running Start, please reach out to the CSCA board and we'll put you in touch with a TCS Running Start family.

Seattle Skills Center 2022/23 Application Open

All school-year Skills Center programs meet the requirements for the CTE Graduation Pathway, and several of our courses prepare for, and can lead directly to, classes at Seattle Colleges, where students can use the Seattle Promise Scholarship to take up to two years of classes for free. Learn more about the Seattle Promise Scholarship.

Each class requires 3 periods per day in a typical 6 period high school schedule (periods 1-3 for morning classes, and periods 4-6 for afternoon classes). Talk with your school counselor to make sure it will work with your schedule. Regardless of which high school you attend, you can take any Skills Center class.

Watch a video about the Seattle Skills Center here.

See our webpage for full course descriptions and the easy, required online application. Students can get transportation (usually a taxi, van, or school bus) to and from their Skills Center class.

Apply here.

Internships & Programs for Teens

Please see the list of paid and other opportunities that Mr Rho has curated for teens needing work experience, community service hours, and fun.

The Bulletin Board section publishes information about art, photography, film, theater, writing, and other programs and competitions outside of TCS that might be of benefit and interest to our students. If you know of an opportunity that our students might want to hear about, contact the Dragon's Fire at dfsubmitarticle1@gmail.com.

Foundry10's 2022 Virtual Summer Internship

Application now open! High school students ages 14-19 in WA state are invited to apply. Students will work 10 paid weeks in the summer (Jun 16–Aug 18) with a mentor on a project of their own design. Learn more and apply here.

Penguin Productions Spring Retreat!

Mar 26 & 27

Weekend includes: Ace Your Audition. The Audition (dun dun dunn!). Do they scare you? Want to get stronger at them? We got you! PAC member Sadie Gingold spent the last year in an Acting-College application group, working intensively with two acting and audition coaches, and she’s really excited to share some of what she’s learned. Got a monologue you want to improve? Bring it! Don’t have one? That’s fine! We’ll have some for you to play with. There’s no pressure to perform. Bring your questions and let’s demystify the audition process!

Ace Your Audition is part of a full weekend of theater at the Penguin Mid-Winter retreat Mar 26 & 27 at UHeights Center. Registration is free for youth ages 14-19. You are welcome to attend as much as you are able! Click here for a complete schedule of the weekend.

KUOW's Radioactive Intro to Radio Journalism Workshop

In this hands-on one-week summer workshop (starts Jul 11), teens learn radio journalism and storytelling skills, build confidence, and work with others while creating a radio story about one person in their home or community. This is a PAID opportunity open to teens ages 15-18 in the greater Seattle area. Applications for summer 2022 are NOW OPEN. Workshop will be hybrid in-person and online on Zoom. Learn more and apply by Apr 12.

NW Folklife Internships (Paid)

NW Folklife, the Office of Economic Development and the Office of Arts and Culture are offering new internships!

Gain PAID experience and mentorship in a wide range of cultural and creative jobs, build peer and professional networks.

Internships last from 12-24 weeks. Read more and apply.

UW Summer Nurse Camp

Every year we offer local high school students the opportunity to participate in our free Nurse Camp at Seattle Children’s. The goal of the program is to provide high school students with a background that is historically underrepresented in nursing an opportunity to engage in learning activities at Seattle Children’s that introduce them to nursing career pathways.

During this five-day camp, students will gain insight into the world of pediatric nursing by participating in clinical observation sessions. In these sessions, students will shadow nurses in a clinical environment and observe as they provide patient care and interact with patients and families. (Students will not provide patient care.)

Students will also work through interactive hands-on skills labs to learn and practice various nursing skills on models. In addition, students will have the opportunity to engage with an educational panel to ask questions and discuss nursing as a career path.

Read more and apply.

Seattle Parks & Recreation Flexible Lifeguard Positions (Paid)

Seattle Parks and Recreation has openings at all our pool facilities. We have shifts starting at 1.5 hours 1 time a week and can be flexible with schedules to allow anyone to work and get what they want out of it. See below for specifics.

• Intermittent Lifeguard 1-20 hours per week available
• Permanent Part-time Lifeguard 20-40 hours per week available
• Senior Lifeguard 20-40 hours per week available

Seattle Aquarium Youth Ocean Advocates

Youth Ocean Advocates use their time, talents, and passion to conserve our marine environment. Discover the variety of ways you can become involved as a Youth Ocean Advocate at the Seattle Aquarium below.

We’re looking for passionate young people who have an interest in learning about the ocean and will work to inspire others to take conservation action.

As a Youth Ocean Advocate, you will:

• Learn about the marine environment, conservation and advocacy techniques.
• Teach the public about the marine environment and its inhabitants, as well as about actions people can take to protect the ocean—by educating Aquarium visitors and creating content for our social media campaign.
• Participate in conservation projects like beach cleanups, tree plantings and citizen science.
• And much more!

Orientations start Mar 6. Read more and find out about signing up for an orientation.

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